Boston of 2012 is in a state of constant construction. A cloud of dust hangs over the city, while the Mass Pike (now the MassPike) has slowed to a crawl. That's okay, though, because it gives drivers the chance to download music from the servers in each others' cars. For some people, that has become the whole point of going anywhere.

These war-drivers patrol the highway in their fat-burning vehicles, "collecting every song in every car on the turnpike, cruising the tunnels that riddled Boston like mobile pirate-radio stations, dumping their collections to other drivers when it came time to quit the turnpike and settle up for their music at the toll booth."

The protagonist, industrial saboteur Art Berry (an undercover agent for the Eastern Standard Tribe), realizes that the war-drivers are also tastemakers — and thus, a new avenue for marketing. It's a great idea — great enough to get him double-crossed and committed to an insane asylum. On the brink of suicide, he stares at the dust cloud and wonders where it all went wrong.

MICHAUD FOR GOVERNOR | November 03, 2014 However you’ve been following the race for Governor this election season, you’ve been hearing it from all sides, so we’ll make this one brief. We urge you to vote for Michael Michaud.

ADVANCED BEAUTY LESSONS | November 03, 2014 Described as a “body-positive visibility project,” Portland’s Jack Tar 207 is all about representation. Models are encouraged to bring their own clothing and personal belongings to the shoot, which owner-designer LK Weiss says brings out “a level of confidence that many people don’t feel in front of a camera.”

LITERALLY LGBT | October 31, 2014 A community-compiled list of important GBLTQ works through the years.

BACK TO REALITY | September 18, 2014 If you’re a student in southern Maine and are at all interested in arts and humanities, and have a budget of exactly $10 to spend on any one event, there’s a lot in your favor.